Stefania founded Physis with the vision to disrupt the financial industry and
empower investors to make an impact through their investments. As CEO, Stefania
has developed Physis from an idea to an award-winning AI fintech company. Today,
Physis serves clients globally, helping investment managers advance their
sustainable investments.
Before starting Physis, Stefania was a skilled portfolio manager with extensive
global experience. She previously worked at Sella SGR as the youngest impact
investing fund manager in Europe for a multi-asset global allocation fund, which
grew from $16M to $100M in assets in just two years. Stefania was the first fund
manager to provide a methodology for impact reporting, and she reached over
6,000 individual investors with this report. She has advised institutional
investors with $90 billion in assets on sustainable portfolio implementation.
Stefania has published two books on sustainable finance, and she is a guest
lecturer on sustainable investing at universities around the world, including
Harvard.
In her free time, Stefania is dedicated to fostering women's empowerment and
entrepreneurship. She is a mentor at Harvard’s Undergraduate Women in Business
and the Global Director at Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs. She is also a member of
the Scientific Committee at Symbola. Previously, she was a member of the Harvard
Sustainable Leadership Council and a Board Member at Etica SGR.
Stefania received her undergraduate degree in Economics and Finance from Bocconi
University in Italy and has studied at the London School of Economics and ESADE.
She also has a master’s degree in Sustainability and Finance from Harvard
University.